I am excited to assist at this Kripalu program, and wanted to let you know it exists.
Maybe I'll see some of you there, and we can all work on our comedy in a supportive, safe atmosphere in loose comfortable clothing. Dream come true, right?
...These guys aren't teaching any yoga - they're leading the weekend workshop. But if you want, you can take yoga on your own once you're there.
Love,
Maria
http://www.kripalu.org/pro
(Program description from Kripalu website)
Develop your writing and performance skills with comedy gurus Beth Lapides and Greg Miller, artists who combine spiritual insights with comedy writing and performance pointers. This program will focus on integrating creative work with other aspects of self-study, including how to stay light about enlightenment and using comedy as a tool to handle life in these crazy, changing times.
Beth and Greg will illuminate their presentations about comedy as an art-form and craft with deconstructed “video-game films” of performances by Beth and her Un-Cabaret cohorts including Julia Sweeney, Patton Oswalt, and other accomplished comedians working in a style of personal, self-revelatory comedy.
You will complete original exercises, short-answer assignments, and fill-in-the-blank methodologies, including
* The Personality Pyramid
* The Story Cake (aka How Big Is Your Now?)
* The Comedy Cosmology Toolkit
* Performance Diagnostics
* A multiple-choice exploration of fool archetypes (or, What Kind of Fool Am I?).
Exercises, dialogue, and nano-writing assignments will lay the foundation for understanding your comic persona and leave you inspired, uplifted, and ready to roll up your sleeves on your own.
Interested in the chance to work on longer writing projects, present your material, and get more extended personal input and advice about how to make your work funnier and deeper? Considering joining us for our week-long Comedian’s Way Workshop, July 10–15.
Beth Lapides' show "100% Happy 88% of the Time" is Sunday, May 29, 8 pm
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